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27 August 2014

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Iampixiedust is a relatively new editor whose edits have related entirely to The Night Runners, an article this user created, which is currently at AFD (Articles for deletion/The Night Runners). Three new accounts have appeared with their sole edits being to the AFD. The similarities of beginning their comments with "Do Not Delete" (rather than "Keep" which is usually used at AFD), signing their edits with -- before their username, and not capitalising "i" unless it's at the beginning of a sentence suggests this is the same person rather than just the result of canvassing.

Diffs: [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThe_Night_Runners&diff=622913809&oldid=622891929] (this comment was added by an IP but then signed by Iampixiedust [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/The_Night_Runners&diff=next&oldid=622913809]), [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/The_Night_Runners&diff=prev&oldid=622934459][//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThe_Night_Runners&diff=622961193&oldid=622934853][//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThe_Night_Runners&diff=622961812&oldid=622961193] January  ( talk ) 18:42, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

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This is beyond absurd!!! I am who i am, any accusation showing otherwise is completely laughable at best! I made my opinion noted on the issue regarding The Night Runners because i saw the discussion appear. --Pola9847 (talk) 06:09, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

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 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * -- DQ   (ʞlɐʇ)  02:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I rechecked Pola9847 given their comment above but I'd all it about as confirmed as it can be. Blocked, tagged, closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:23, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

24 September 2014

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Both have only edited Special:Undelete/The Night Runners which fits with the other accounts. As well as editing it, Takemenow24 has also asked that the page be undeleted. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:43, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

After the article The Night Runners was deleted and previous socks blocked, the account Takemenow24 appeared for the purpose of re-creating the article verbatim (see deleted contributions), and then complain of its re-deletion at WP:REFUND. That request was declined by, who also mentioned in his rationale that he suspects this user of sockpuppetry. Quacking is loud enough here that checkuser may not be needed, but may be useful to check for sleepers. ~Amatulić (talk) 16:21, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * Note the same language use at the undeletion discussion versus at the AfD:
 * "public figures", "kindly", "credible sources (MTV"
 * "public figures", "kindly", "credible sources such as MTV".
 * --Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:54, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

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- : per my comment above. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:43, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
 * and are ✅ and blocked. No sleepers apparent.--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:09, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ponyo, all done here. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:30, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

08 October 2014

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2 weeks on and Night Runners is created yet again. Crow  Caw 22:10, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * ✅, blocked and tagged. I also deleted the article.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:34, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

04 August 2015

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After 9 months or so off, back trying to create the Night Runners article, with the same content as before, though they've dropped the "runner up on X factor" as evidence of notability. So far has been created as Draft:The Night Runners twice, and Draft:The Night Runners (2). Master is probably stale by now, so adding the 3 recent accounts to re-establish the fingerprint. Crow  Caw 22:00, 4 August 2015 (UTC)



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 * Also, ping and also asking general question for the experts: This article now does show a shred of notability (opening for a notable act), so at what point if any does the notability outweigh the G5? Or does it ever, and banned = banned? Understanding of course that if they win a Grammy, for example, someone else will probably write a completely different article on them. But as a philosophical point, how is this evolving notability usually handled? Feel free to reply on my talk if this is beyond scope for here.  Crow  Caw  22:08, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I think that User:Smhnow is probably a sockpuppet as well, given that their only edit was to request the restoration of Night Runners at REFUND. Their request (that there are more sources) is largely the same and given that this happened at the same time as the DRV request, I figure that they're a likely sock. I'm going to list them here accordingly. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  03:43, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * If someone were actually able to show notability for this group per WP:MUSIC, I'd be fine with reposting it. But this is obviously the same person, posting essentially the same article and using the same insufficient sources ("Emertainment Monthly"?? Really??). Opening for a notable act doesn't confer notability - local bands do that all the time. NawlinWiki (talk) 23:52, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * The technical evidence is in comparison to previous socks, though behavioural evidence trumps CU data. Note also that  and  are ✅ to each other.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:25, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * All accounts blocked and tagged. Closing. TDL (talk) 02:44, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Correction: Upon reviewing the data the accounts are ✅. I was running multiple SPIs and was obviously comparing the wrong data sets. Apologies for the error! I'll update the tags accordingly.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

11 August 2015

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Both accounts' only contributions for today consists of blanking the AFD and DRV for The Night Runners, the article over which all the other accounts were discovered and blocked. Both are already indeffed based solely on behavior, just listing them for posterity. § FreeRangeFrog croak 00:51, 11 August 2015 (UTC) § FreeRangeFrog  croak 00:51, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * User:Hotpop43 also attempted to blank the AfD one day prior. Given the similarity to the name and behavior, this seems obvious as well. Crow  Caw  21:50, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Very obviously yes, missed that one. Now blocked. Thanks for the heads up. § FreeRangeFrog croak 22:45, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * The following accounts are all ✅:


 * I've added a corrective note to the archive as there was an error in my findings in the last case.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:51, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the follow up. § FreeRangeFrog croak 20:57, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

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Wasn't going to file since this is probably stale to the master, but then more socking showed up. Spray787 re-created Richard Mason (singer) (now at AfD), and Richard Mason(musician) now redirected to the former. Today Erree334 shows up and with his first edit removes the AfD template from the article. Crow  Caw 17:01, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

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 * ,,  and  are all ✅ socks of the this promtional/paid editing sockfarm. I'll block the accounts,  if a Clerk could please move this report to the correct master. -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  17:18, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Copied to Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad and closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  20:24, 23 August 2016 (UTC)